archived brainwashed reviews
Sun Stabbed, “In Girum Imus Nocte Et Consumimur Igni” (Doubtful Sounds, 2021)
It has been roughly a decade since this French duo of gnarled guitar enthusiasts last surfaced as Sun Stabbed and I have certainly missed them, though Thierry Monnier and Pierre […]
Amulets, “Blooming” (The Flenser, 2021)
No one can say that Randall Taylor is insufficiently committed to analog media, as the Portland-based tape wizard’s discography is teeming with cassettes released on a varied and international host […]
rootless, “docile cobras” (Flower Room, 2021)
This fascinating and inspired album is both the debut vinyl release from guitarist Jeremy Hurewitz and the first Flower Room album that is not a Matt Lajoie or Ash Brooks […]
Caterina Barbieri, “Fantas Variations” (Editions Mego, 2021)
I was completely floored by the opening “Fantas” when I first heard 2019’s Ecstatic Computation, so I was thrilled to discover that it was unexpectedly getting its own well-deserved album […]
His Name is Alive, “Hope is a Candle” (Disciples, 2021)
Disciples’ wonderful series of resurrected home recordings from Warren Defever’s precocious teenage years winds to a close with this third album (coinciding with the release of A Silver Thread, which […]
Tomaga, “Intimate Immensity” (Hands In The Dark, 2021)
It is unfortunate that this final album from Tomaga is being released in the shadow of Tom Relleen’s untimely passing, as Intimate Immensity probably could have been the London duo’s […]
Driftmachine, “Spume & Recollection” (Umor Rex, 2021)
I have belatedly realized that I was an utter fool for sleeping on this unusual electronic duo from Berlin for so long, as an idiosyncratic dub techno-inspired project from a […]
Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt, “Made Out of Sound” (Palilalia, 2021)
In theory, any album recorded by the duo of Chris Corsano and Bill Orcutt should be an instant Album of the Year candidate for me, as the pair are easily […]